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Review: THE MAN WHO WAS MAGIC, Adelphi Theatre
by Christiana Rose - Sep 29, 2025

James Phelan’s latest production, The Man Who Was Magic, arrives at the Adelphi Theatre for one night only after a triumphant Edinburgh run and confirms his reputation as a magician with both flair and heart. The show opens to the smooth sounds of the Rat Pack and swing, the stage bathed in the warm glow of gold and red lanterns, which evoke a nostalgic atmosphere and invite the audience into a world of wonder.

Photos: FAYGELE World Premiere at Marylebone Theatre First Look
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 27, 2025

Ilan Galkoff, Ben Caplan, Clara Francis, Andrew Paul, and Yiftach Mizrahi will star in the world premiere of Shimmy Braun’s Faygele. Get a first look at photos here.

Review: EDINBURGH 2024 WEATHER GIRL, Summerhall
by Christiana Rose - Aug 15, 2024

Brian Watkins, the creator of hit Amazon TV series Outer Range brings the World Premiere of his play Weather Girl to the Edinburgh Fringe in a collaboration with the award-winning producers of Fleabag, Baby Reindeer and Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder.

Cast Set For THE MAGIC FLUTE at Nevill Holt Festival
by Stephi Wild - Apr 12, 2024

Nevill Holt Festival has announced the cast for its opening performance of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Learn more about the cast here!

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING . . . EARNEST?, Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Beyond
by Kat Mokrynski - Aug 14, 2023

Have you ever been sitting in a theatre as an audience member, watching a show, thinking, “I could do better than that!” If you have, The Importance of Being . . . Earnest? might be the show that you have been looking for.

Photos: First Look at the Cast of REBECCA at Charing Cross Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Aug 2, 2023

Richard Carson, Lauren Jones and Kara Lane  head the cast for the eagerly anticipated English language premiere of the critically acclaimed musical ‘Rebecca’. Check out all new photos of the cast here!

EDINBURGH 2023: TINK Q&A
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Jul 23, 2023

BWW catches up with Kat Kleve & Lizzy Connolly to chat about bringing TINK to the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Review: THE HABIT OF ART at 59E59 Theaters-A Fascinating View of Theatre and Relationships
by Marina Kennedy - May 12, 2023

Insightful, comical, and wonderfully presented, The Habit of Art by Original Theater is now being performed at 59E59 Theaters.

Interview: "Being Myself on Stage is Something I Am Petrified About" Carrie Hope Fletcher on Imposter Syndrome and Touring Her New Show AN OPEN BOOK
by Kat Mokrynski - Mar 28, 2023

BroadwayWorld UK had the chance to speak with Carrie Hope Fletcher about the process of creating the show. We talked about imposter syndrome, what it's been like to perform solo instead of with large casts, and even a bit of audience participation!

Guest Blog: William Whelton & Joseph Houston Talk About Re-Telling CINDERELLA at Hope Mill Theatre
by Joseph Houston & William Whelton - Nov 3, 2022

When an opportunity to recreate the magic of Cinderella in a new and fresh way arises, it is a chance to bring this story to new generations as well as reignite fond memories for those whose enchantment with Cinders began long ago.

New Glasgow Show Added to Stage Star Carrie Hope Fletcher's Debut Tour
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Oct 31, 2022

Award-winning stage sensation Carrie Hope Fletcher will be bringing her new debut solo tour to Glasgow due to phenomenal demand.

Photos: Get a First Look at New FROZEN Cast Members Emily Lane and Djavan van de Fliert as 'Anna' and 'Kristoff'
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 28, 2022

Joining the company of Frozen in the West End are Emily Lane as Anna and Djavan van de Fliert as Kristoff, who from 28 September will play alongside Samantha Barks (Elsa) and more. Get a first look at the new cast members in character here!

Grace Mouat Will Lead Rodgers & Hammerstein's CINDERELLA at Hope Mill Theatre Manchester
by Stephi Wild - Jul 12, 2022

Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester is to stage the UK theatrical premiere of the Broadway musical version of Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella, with SIX, & Juliet and Legally Blonde star Grace Mouat taking on the lead role of Ella.

Southwark Playhouse Announces Casting for LIFT
by Marissa Tomeo - Apr 7, 2022

Gartland Productions has announced the cast of LIFT, opening at Southwark Playhouse  on Friday 13th May 2022. Leading the company, X Factor finalist Luke Friend He/Him (Footloose, American Idiot) will play the role of Busker. He will be joined by West End star Hiba Elchikhe She/Her (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Fiver), playing the role of Secretary.

Photos: First Look at the Cast of INTO THE NIGHT From Original Theatre Company
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 6, 2021

On Saturday 19 December 1981, the Penlee lifeboat ‘Solomon Browne’, was launched in hurricane conditions to go to the aid of the coaster ‘Union Star’ that had engine failure and was being swept towards the southern coast of Cornwall. It was an attempted rescue which ranks not only with the greatest in the history of the RNLI, but with any human achievement.  

Guest Blog: Writer and Director Paul Morrissey On WHEN DARKNESS FALLS
by Marianka Swain - Aug 2, 2021

When Darkness Falls is a ghost story. But it’s also a story about stories. The stories we’ve heard and the stories we tell. Sometimes to each other. Sometimes to ourselves.

Guest Blog: Adrian Lukis In Defence of Jane Austen's Wickham
by Matt Wolf - Apr 22, 2021

Can it really be more than a quarter-century since the BBC's Pride and Prejudice transfixed viewers, accelerating the shooting stars of Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth as Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy, not to mention Adrian Lukis, in the choice supporting role of the caddish George Wickham? Since then, Lukis has appeared frequently onstage and screen and is returning to the stage in a solo play self-penned with author Catherine Curzon that argues the case for Jane Austen's celebrated rogue three decades on.

Photo Flash: See Tom Chambers, Christopher Harper and Michael Salami in APOLLO 13: THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 1, 2020

With a week to go until Apollo 13: The Dark Side of the Moon is available to view on originaltheatreonline.com (from 7.30pm on Thursday 8 October until Thursday 31 December 2020), you can now check out new production photos of Tom Chambers, Christopher Harper and Michael Salami as the astronauts Swigert, Lovell and Haise.

TOUCHING THE VOID and Samaritans will Host a Panel on Mental Wellbeing
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 13, 2020

Touching The Void, currently running at the Duke of York's Theatre in London's West End, is set to host a pre-show event with Samaritans on 20th January, discussing mental wellbeing, resilience and weathering the storm.

BWW Interview: Gary Lloyd Talks 10 Years of THRILLER LIVE
by Jonathan Marshall - Dec 6, 2019

It's incredible to think Thriller Live has been a staple of London theatre for an entire decade. It holds the record as the 13th-longest-running musical in West End history and has played around the world to over five million people. With Peter Andre slipping on the white sequinned glove once again for a short stint commencing 10 December, the show remains in demand.